Aerospace

The Syncrex 38/8 Swiss-style CNC machine handles bar stock up to 1.5" (38 mm), allowing shops to run full bar capacity with no special bar end preparation. The 8-axis configuration is standard with 10 hp (7.5 kW) main and second spindles, four cross working live tools on the main spindle, as well as up to six live tools and a Y-axis for the counter spindle.

Teradyne Robotics, a leader in advanced industrial collaborative and autonomous mobile robotics, plans to open a new U.S. Operations Hub in Wixom, Michigan in 2026. This strategic expansion reflects Teradyne Robotics' commitment to operating close to its customers and meeting the growing manufacturing demand in the U.S. and the Americas.

New orders of metalworking machinery totaled $538.9 million in October 2025, which was a 9% increase from September 2025 and a 40.3% increase from October 2024.

Future narrow-body aircraft hinge on new propulsion: open rotor, ultrahigh bypass, hybrid systems and blended-wing designs—promising but decades away.

NASA Glenn engineers created 3D-printed vibration-damping inserts that boost machining accuracy, cut cleanup time and improve prototype manufacturing efficiency.

The Self-Lock Threading Tools Line from Emuge-Franken USA has been expanded to include additional Threads-All/AERO Thread Mills, including fourteen new 2 x D sizes from #5-40 to 1"-12, and offered for the first time, thirty 3 x D sizes ranging from #2-56 to 1"-12.

Three companies -- Kingsbury, one of the UK's leading CNC machine tool suppliers, Additure, the additive manufacturing specialists, and ATLIX, the newly independent 3D metal printing brand, formerly TRUMPF Additive Manufacturing -- announce a strategic alliance that will position Kingsbury as the exclusive dealer of ATLIX machines and services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the GCC region.

Quickparts strengthened its commitment to "Limitless Manufacturing" with the completion of a $2.5 million expansion at its Seattle headquarters that formally established the site as an Aerospace & Defense Center of Excellence

The FZP37 gantry milling machine from Zimmermann has a modular design that allows the use of different operating ranges and the use of different brands of CNC controls. Its gantry construction makes it possible to machine components of all kinds. This gantry milling machine boasts a substantial working range, from 118"-1575"; in the X-axis, 98"-236" in the Y-axis and 49"-118" in the Z-axis.

The global metal cutting tool industry was valued at $65.5 billion in 2020 and is estimated to reach $107.3 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.1% from 2023 to 2032.

The rapid development of artificial intelligence and the usability of large language models have promised to transform industries on a large scale, but first engineers must figure out how to integrate intelligent systems with real-world manufacturing methods.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. (SCI) has strengthened its support for the aerospace industry with the development of its Aerospace Business Development (ABD) Team.